This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Verbs – Incomplete Predication”.
1. Fill in the blanks.
A verb that requires a word to make it’s sense complete is called a _________ verb.
a) Transitive
b) Incomplete predication
c) Predicative
d) Auxiliary
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Explanation: Consider the example: “The horse looks”. The given sentence does not make complete sense. The Intransitive verb requires a word (e.g., dull) in order to complete the sense. Such a verb is known as a Verb of Incomplete Predication.
2. Identify the complement of the verb in the given sentence.
The plant seems dehydrated.
a) The
b) Plant
c) Seems
d) Dehydrated
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Explanation: The word “dehydrated” in the given sentence is used to make the sense offered by the verb “seems” complete, and therefore, it is called the complement of the verb.
3. Identify the Completion of the Predicate in the given sentence.
The files are incomplete.
a) The
b) Files
c) Are
d) Incomplete
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Explanation: In the given sentence, the word “incomplete” plays the role of the Completion of the Predicate as it is used to complete the sense offered by the verb “are” which is a “sense of being”.
4. Fill in the blanks.
__________ verbs express the idea of appearing.
a) Transitive
b) Incomplete predication
c) Predicative
d) Auxiliary
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Explanation: Verbs of Incomplete Predication express the idea of appearing, seeming, becoming and being.
5. Fill in the blanks.
Some transitive verbs require a __________ also to complete their predication.
a) Complement
b) Adjective
c) Article
d) Preposition
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Explanation: In some case, transitive verbs require not just an object but also an additional complement in order to complete their predication.
6. Fill in the blanks.
When the Objective Complement is a noun, it is in the ___________ case.
a) Nominative
b) Accusative
c) Genitive
d) Transitive
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Explanation: When the Objective Complement acts as a noun, it is in the Objective/Accusative case in agreement with the object.
7. Fill in the blanks.
When the Subjective Complement is a noun, it is in the ___________ case.
a) Nominative
b) Accusative
c) Genitive
d) Transitive
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Explanation: When the Subjective complement plays the role of a noun, it is in the same case as the subject. Therefore, it is in the Nominative case.
8. Choose the correct option.
In the sentence “The judge awarded him a trophy”, the word “trophy” is a Subjective Complement.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: In the given sentence, the word “trophy” plays the role of an Objective complement as it describes the object “him” in order to complete the predication.
9. Identify the Objective Complement in the given sentence.
They found him unconscious.
a) They
b) Found
c) Him
d) Unconscious
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Explanation: In the given sentence, the word “unconscious” is used to describe the object “him” and therefore, it is called the Objective Complement.
10. Identify the Objective Complement in the given sentence.
They chose him their boss.
a) They
b) Chose
c) Their
d) Boss
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Explanation: In the given sentence, the word “boss” acts as an objective complement as it is used to denote the object “him” and completes predication therefore.
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